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mustardbeak
I think the usual view here is that rising damp / damp meters are all a bit of a con and a tool of snake oil salesmen.
That said, if the property has been plastered really recently you have no idea whether there is obvious damp behind it that’s being covered up, and whether the DPC has been breached by shoddy workmanship.
In the first instance you want to raise queries about the chemical treatment, plastering etc, and ask if they have any photos from before it was plastered.